looking more into it, google has omitted 26 of your pages from my search on your domain name. only showing me about 26 of them and saying they have about 116 results. 33 of your pages are indexed it looks like.
looks like the 26 they omitted are archived pages. aka duplicate content.
I would suggest cleaning up the duplicate content, checking all pages to see how close the content on each. And changing the pages with the duplications.
This page might not be being indexed, because its to close to the "non free" course.
you might have also reached your indexing ratio...
Knowing the number of pages indexed from our sitemap, we’ll compare that to all the pages Google has indexed from our site. Expand the ‘Google Index’ option in the side menu and select ‘Index Status.’
Divide the pages indexed from our sitemap by Google’s total index of our site. I call that the Index Ratio.
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How to Fix Google Indexing Issues for Your Website
This guide will help you address and resolve three common Google indexing issues for your website:
- 1. Your entire website isn’t indexed.
- 2. Only some pages are indexed, while others are not.
- 3. Newly published web pages are not getting indexed fast enough.
Before we delve into the solutions for these problems, let's ensure we have a clear understanding of crawling and indexing.
What is crawling and indexing?
Google discovers new web pages through a process called crawling, which involves following hyperlinks on the web to discover new content. Once discovered, these pages are added to Google's index—a vast database of web pages. Google uses a web spider called Googlebot to carry out the crawling process.
Now let's address each indexing issue.
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1) Your entire website isn't indexed
To check if your entire website is indexed by Google:
Go to Google and search for "site:yourwebsite.com." The number of results displayed will give you an approximate idea of how many of your website's pages are indexed.
If none of your web pages are indexed, it indicates a significant problem. To address this issue:
- Sign up for Google Search Console (it's free) and use the Coverage report to get accurate insights into the index status of your website.
- Ensure there are no crawl blocks in your robots.txt file. Check if the
User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
code is present in your robots.txt file and remove it if necessary.
- If a page is not indexed, check if it is blocked by robots.txt using the URL inspection tool in Search Console. If so, recheck your robots.txt file for any disallow rules related to that page or its subsections and remove them.
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2) Some pages are indexed while others are not
If only certain pages of your website are indexed, while others are not, follow these steps:
- Verify that these pages are not blocked by crawl blocks in robots.txt. Check for the presence of the code mentioned above and remove it if necessary.
- Ensure there are no rogue no index tags. Pages with the meta tags <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> or <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"> will not be indexed by Google. Use a tool like Ahrefs' Site Audit to identify pages with these tags and remove them if they don't belong.
- Ensure that these pages are included in your sitemap. Check the URL inspection tool in Search Console for the "URL is not on Google" error and "Sitemap: N/A" message. If you haven't included those pages in your sitemap, add them and let Google know by pinging their URLs using
http://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=http://yourwebsite.com/sitemap_url.xml.
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3) Newly published web pages aren’t getting indexed fast enough
If your newly published web pages take too long to get indexed, try the following:
- Use the URL inspection tool in Google Search Console to request indexing for specific URLs. This informs Google that you have added new content to your website and prompts them to crawl and index it.
- Add internal links from authoritative pages on your website to the new web page you want to index. This helps Google discover and prioritize crawling those pages faster.
- Ensure that the new page provides unique, valuable content for users. If it lacks value or duplicates existing content, Google may choose not to index it.
- Remove any low-quality pages from your website as they waste crawl budget and delay indexing of more valuable content.
- Consider building high-quality backlinks to your web pages. Backlinks signal to Google that a page is important and prompt faster indexing.
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Remember, getting your website or web page indexed by Google does not guarantee rankings or traffic. Indexing simply means that Google is aware of your website or page. To improve your chances of ranking high in search results, you need to optimize your pages with SEO strategies.
If you follow the steps outlined in this guide, you will be well on your way to resolving Google indexing issues and improving your website's visibility.